Cabbage .....

My husband told me tonight that he wanted cabbage. This as we were eating ice cream...... I asked him how he wanted it and he just said....boiled. The only way i cook cabbage is in soup, and he doesn't want soup. So....

Does anyone have any suggestions for some cabbage? He doesn't want sausage and cabbage which is a dish i have heard of since moving up here......

My mother-in-law makes a cabbage dish out of sauteed onions and cabbage, and cream cheese. She cooks the cabbage and onions in butter until they've softened, adds cream cheese, salt, and pepper, then transfers the mixture to a casserole and bakes it until it gets good and bubbly.

I've only actually had her squash casserole, which is the same basic recipe using summer squash instead of cabbage, and it is out of this world. The squash version gets a sprinkle of paprika before baking--I'm not sure about the cabbage.

My mother-in-law makes a cabbage dish out of sauteed onions and cabbage, and cream cheese. She cooks the cabbage and onions in butter until they've softened, adds cream cheese, salt, and pepper, then transfers the mixture to a casserole and bakes it until it gets good and bubbly.

I've only actually had her squash casserole, which is the same basic recipe using summer squash instead of cabbage, and it is out of this world. The squash version gets a sprinkle of paprika before baking--I'm not sure about the cabbage.

This really sounds great Ann. Can you help with some quantities or ratios? Whole head cabbage, whole onion, 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese???

Can't wait to try it.

TIA
Tom

Here is a recipe for cabbage that I really like. Cut your cabbage into wedges and salt and pepper. Put them on individual sheets of aluminium foil. add butter, onions, pinch of ham base and any other herb you may like. I use dill and parsley. Put it on a smoker if you have one and smoke for 1 hour. You can add liquid smoke to the foil instead of putting on a smoker. Just add the liquid smoke along with the other indredients and put on your grill or oven. It taste great.

Here is a recipe for cabbage that I really like. Cut your cabbage into wedges and salt and pepper. Put them on individual sheets of aluminium foil. add butter, onions, pinch of ham base and any other herb you may like. I use dill and parsley. Put it on a smoker if you have one and smoke for 1 hour. You can add liquid smoke to the foil instead of putting on a smoker. Just add the liquid smoke along with the other indredients and put on your grill or oven. It taste great.

i saw some recipes that had cabbage made that way. I was thinking of putting them in the oven as well...

I like it chopped and sauted in a skillet with a bit of butter and olive oil. Add some salt, pepper, and caraway seeds. I cook it until it begins to soften. Simple and real tasty as a side.

I rarely measure, so here's my best guess:

1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 medium-small head cabbage, cored and sliced @ 1/2" thick

Sautee in 2-3T butter (MIL uses WAY more--I think it tastes just as good sans oil slick) until softened--do not brown. Season with salt and pepper (@ 1 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1/4-1/2 teaspoon pepper--I like a bit of red pepper flakes, too).

I usually cover the pan to speed up the process. If there's a noticeable pool of water in the pan, let it evaporate before adding the cheese.

Add 8-oz cream cheese (I use Neufchatel)--more or less until the mixture no longer looks watery. Make sure to taste for seasoning--it may need more salt.

Transfer to casserole, top with paprika, bake @ 350 for 15-20 minutes. Don't anticipate leftovers.

For the squash version, substitute 3-4 yellow summer squash, sliced into rounds, for the cabbage.

Cheers!

My Grandmother used to just add some bacon grease to the cut up cabbage and water. Yum..But since I rarely have bacon grease on hand I use chicken broth and add a little bit of water to pretty much cover the cabbage. I usually add the Healthy Ones Smoked Sauage too. Come to think of it I have a head of cabbage in my frig now.....

Hi Ann,

Thanks a BUNCH for the details

I'll be rolloin' a batch of this out tomorrow nite.

Now if I could just find cream cheese fresh w/out a "nutrition square".

Tom

I rarely measure, so here's my best guess:

1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 medium-small head cabbage, cored and sliced @ 1/2" thick

Sautee in 2-3T butter (MIL uses WAY more--I think it tastes just as good sans oil slick) until softened--do not brown. Season with salt and pepper (@ 1 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1/4-1/2 teaspoon pepper--I like a bit of red pepper flakes, too).

I usually cover the pan to speed up the process. If there's a noticeable pool of water in the pan, let it evaporate before adding the cheese.

Add 8-oz cream cheese (I use Neufchatel)--more or less until the mixture no longer looks watery. Make sure to taste for seasoning--it may need more salt.

Transfer to casserole, top with paprika, bake @ 350 for 15-20 minutes. Don't anticipate leftovers.

For the squash version, substitute 3-4 yellow summer squash, sliced into rounds, for the cabbage.

Cheers!

They all sound good...i like the one with cream cheese and might try that...

My husband though leans more to the ones with the bacon or actually the one in the oven....

http://jpdurbin.net/recipes/Sauerkraut.htm

Takes a few days.

I think all of these recipies sound good...I like to add some caraway seeds to my cabbage and a couple of tablespoons of them would probably be real good with the cream cheese recipe!

Re: Cream Cheese sans "Nutrition Square"

My mom recently bought me the book The Home Creamery, which has a recipe for cream cheese that looks relatively simple. If you're serious about it, the book is full of great information and recipes for lots of common dairy products, most of which don't seem too difficult to make at home.

Re: Cream Cheese sans "Nutrition Square"

My mom recently bought me the book The Home Creamery, which has a recipe for cream cheese that looks relatively simple. If you're serious about it, the book is full of great information and recipes for lots of common dairy products, most of which don't seem too difficult to make at home.

Thanks again Ann!

all of the recipes sound really good.... i really want to try the one with cream cheese, i might sprinkle some shredded on top to brown as well...

the family isnt feeling the sound of any of them though.......so i have been thinking and i think i might roast the cabbage with chicken. Cut into wedges and then with the chicken in the same pan drizzled with olive oil and then roast it at a high temp for a few minutes then drop the temp. My thought is that the oil from the chicken will give the cabbage a good flavor.

has anyone tried this? If so, let me know how it was.... if not, i will let you all know how it came out.